"Ending year long MBT Therapy"

I have recently ended year long MBT Therapy with the Notts MBT Service. 

I have found engaging in the group has made me pay more attention to how I mentalise about daily events or situations in my life. Therefore, I am able to think about events more rationally and in a more effective way - rather than jumping to conclusions or doing negative thinking techniques. The group enabled me to meet people with the same condition as myself and helped me feel less isolated and less alienated.

Throughout the therapy I have developed a further and deeper understanding of BPD and how it affects my life and why, this will help me in the future to understand myself, feelings and emotions and help understand the causes of these. The therapy has also helped me to face difficult events, feelings and emotions, giving me ways to think and go through things in a way I can tolerate better, without worsening the emotions and feelings as much as usual.

 

The only times I found the group less helpful was when I didn’t get chance to discuss my event (this was a very rare occasion. This was difficult, as I had planned something that I felt like I needed to discuss and I was unable to. The only thing I would say to change about the group is that the size of the group should be small, luckily the group I was in was small and between 4-6 members usually. I think any more members than this the group would need to be longer.

 

The facilitators in my group were Amy and Tom, both of which were, in my opinion, excellent. Both facilitators were very kind, caring and considerate to all members in the group. They both ensured that the conversation was to the point and focused on the therapy. They also had a very good balance between the group members talking and the facilitators themselves. This gave us all chance to say our opinions and thoughts but also be able to consider the additional aspects that the facilitators added. I wouldn’t change anything to do with the way they conducted the therapy sessions or how they contributed towards the sessions. I feel very lucky to have had two great people to help me in my therapy.

 

I would like to thank both Amy and Tom for their support and hard work throughout my MBT therapy. I think the service is very effective and helpful and there is little improvement that could be made.

 

Thank you for the opportunity for this experience and therapy.